I am aging gracefully in the world of famous books

"Lilia, if you were allowed to make up your own mind, what kind of life would you like?"

Pei Xiang closed the magic book and looked at the little princess beside him with a smile.

Lilia looked back at Pei Xiang in confusion, but didn't immediately understand her friend's question.This 15-year-old girl never seems to have considered what kind of future she really likes.

With a sigh, Pei Xiang quickly wrote in his notebook:

"Lilia, you see, I was full of curiosity about the world, so I left my hometown to travel around. I met many people and things, and occasionally I miss my loving family and childhood playmates.

"However, whenever the warm sun shines on me, the hesitation and hesitation in my heart will quickly dissipate like dew, and the longing for the unknown encourages me to embark on the journey again with great enthusiasm. Therefore, I can be sure Tell myself that this kind of wandering life is what I want most at present, and this is the decision I made according to the most sincere desire in my heart."

After Lilia finished reading Pei Xiang's explanation, she was in a daze for a moment, and then suddenly said:

"I understand what you mean, Amy, but I can't decide the way I will go in the future according to my own will like you. I guess you have heard that my father is discussing with the envoys of the Burleigh Kingdom. Also, the teacher who taught me etiquette told me that when the big ships drawn on the blueprints actually appeared, I should leave my hometown and marry in the country of Burleigh."

Pei Xiang gently touched the little princess's cheek, and looked at her tenderly, her bright and lively eyes seemed to be asking Lilia:

"What kind of life do you want if you don't take those practical issues into consideration?"

Lilia tilted her head and rubbed Pei Xiang's palm, her peaceful heart was stirred up by a friend's question.

"If I were allowed to make my own decision," the beautiful little princess confided in a low voice after thinking for a while, "I also want to see the outside world like you do. I especially want to go across the sea to see the place where my brothers lived. The place, I heard it is also very beautiful.

"Well, but I don't want to be wandering outside all the time. I want to have a warm and happy family with a gentle, stable and loving husband and lovely children. Amy, I want to plant roses, sunflowers and hyacinths in the yard, I want to invite swallows to build their nests, I want to meet my dear family and friends often, and I want to have a picnic in the autumn fruit-filled woods..."

Pei Xiang nodded thoughtfully, thinking that no matter traveling to a country across the sea or having a warm and happy family, it has nothing to do with getting married in the country of Bolai.

However, Pei Xiang still needs to reconfirm Lilia's thoughts, so she wrote another paragraph:

"Lilia, if you marry into the Burleigh Kingdom, you will become a noble queen in that country, and you will have many precious and beautiful things and a comfortable and luxurious life. Many people will compete to praise you, write poems and paintings for you, In your service, are you not at all interested in a life like that?

"And... the king of the Bole country is getting old, he will definitely not survive you. If you have the heart, you may be able to become the ruler of that country in the future, and you will become a queen with power and wealth."

Lilia shook her head quickly, her eyes were completely devoid of interest in wealth and power:

"Amy, my dear friend, when I was fostered in a farmer's home, I missed my family very much, but not so much the comfort of life in a palace. I don't think the jewels and servants' surroundings can make me happy. Get more happiness."

Asked to understand Lilia's wish, Pei Xiang did not tell her his plan immediately, or tried his best to encourage her to resist the marriage.

She suggested to Lilia in relaxed and lively words that she could use the year and a half before marriage to do something that interests her.For example, go hunting and sailing with the cheerful and fun-loving eleventh prince, or take a walk around the capital and nearby towns.

"Look more at the country where you were born and raised, so that you won't have any regrets about returning to your homeland in the future."

These proposals made Lilia, who had been living in the village and hadn't been out much, very moved. However, she felt that His Majesty the King would not allow her daughter to go out to play frequently.

Pei Xianghui smiled slyly and winked playfully at Lilia.

"Don't worry, we can hide it from His Majesty the King, as long as the princes are willing to help."

Lilia had a kind of mysterious trust in her good friend's ability. She subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Pei Xiang's attitude was so determined.

So, are the princes willing to help cover it?Of course they would.They were already very sad that they couldn't stop the king from marrying Lilia to an old king from a distant country, and now they just helped their sister go out to relax, and they would not refuse.

So, in the next year, Pei Xiang taught the little princess simple boxing skills and travel experience, while carefully studying the magical book full of magical knowledge.

Pei Xiang already had a certain foundation and accumulation, coupled with the occasional advice from Mr. Dagger, her magic practice progressed rapidly.She quickly reached the level of a junior wizard, that is to say, she has officially started.

A year later, the large ship capable of long-distance sailing was built, and Lilia's marriage was completely settled. She was about to go to Burleigh to marry the king there, and if nothing happened, she would spend the rest of her life there.

However, accidents abound in life, and no one will always get what they want, including His Majesty the King who holds wealth and power.

"Amy, this idea is really crazy. What if the king of the Burleigh country finds out that you are a fake princess?"

Pei Xiang pointed to his own face, which was exactly the same as Lilia's at this time, even the color of the pupils and hair was the same, this was all thanks to Pei Xiang's illusion.

"I used a very special magic, which is different from the ordinary spells that witches use to change their appearance, and it is not the kind of short-term effect obtained by transforming potions. Don't worry, the powerful wizards and priests in the country of Burleigh will not find out. of."

Pei Xiang wrote a few lines of colored text in the air, which is one of the achievements of her learning magic.

Lilia frowned slightly, still worried about letting her good friend marry far away instead of her.

Pei Xiang comforted the little princess:

"I never do things that I'm not sure about. You quietly go out to sea with the eleventh prince to complete the overseas journey you have been thinking about. When you return from a long journey, you will hear that the kingdom of Burley has canceled the marriage between the two countries. Of course , Her Royal Highness Princess Lilia also returned to the capital safely. At that time, we two will switch identities secretly, you will still be the little princess of this country, and I will still be the dumb girl Amy who travels around."

"Amy, can you really make the king of Burleigh voluntarily give up the marriage? Is your plan full of danger?"

Pei Xiang smiled and shook his head, making a "trust me" gesture.

Lilia bit her lip, and after a while, stomped her feet lightly.

If it was a year ago, she would definitely not agree to Pei Xiang's proposal. She would never let her friend take risks for her.

But after getting along day and night this year, Lilia has fully seen Pei Xiang's various magical abilities.She knew in her heart that her friend did have the ability and cards to get out of the way.

Seeing this, Pei Xiang continued to draw colorful magic words in the air:

"Lilia, do you still remember the time when I inquired about the real experience of the hero Heqiu? I went to the country of Bolai not only to help you, but also to take the opportunity to investigate the truth of the year.

"If I'm just dumb girl Amy, how can I have the opportunity to enter the place where they keep historical documents? But, if I were the future queen, no one would stop me from familiarizing myself with the history of Burleigh. In that way, Then I can openly look up the truth of the year, and even ask some high-ranking people."

This reason completely tilted the balance in Lilia's heart, but she still urged with concern:

"Amy, if things in Burleigh are difficult, don't worry about my reputation as a princess. Run away when it's time to run away. I don't have to continue to be a princess.

"If my father is particularly angry, I will go to live in an overseas country, and I will not be a princess. Anyway, Brother Eleven also said that if the overseas trade goes well, he and several other brothers are very likely to live in a foreign country. I It's the same wherever you live with your brothers."

Pei Xiang nodded slightly, rubbed the little princess's hair, and quietly darkened her complexion.

Lilia had been out for a year, hunting and sailing offshore, so her fair complexion inevitably darkened a few degrees.Today's little princess, although a little less delicate and soft, is a little more lively and cheerful, and there are more and more whims and charms of fifteen or six-year-old girls in the corners of her eyes and brows.

"Then," Pei Xiang began to arrange the next plan, "The fact that I can't speak is a loophole, so we have to plug it."

Lilia raised her head slightly and carefully read the words written in mid-air, when Pei Xiang wrote:

"Lilia, you can tell His Majesty the king that you respect and love your future husband very much, and you want to be the most beautiful bride. Therefore, you plan to prepare the wedding dress yourself, from cutting to sewing to embroidery. Do it yourself.

"And, in the process of sewing the wedding dress, in order to show your importance to your future husband and your devotion to marriage, you don't plan to speak any more. You should pray for your future husband all the time in gentle silence, and pray for your future husband. Pray for a happy life. You will not speak again until your new wedding dress is sewn and you are blessed at the altar."

After reading it, Lilia was dumbfounded.See, that's a big reason why she doesn't object to this risky stand-in plan, her friends always come up with such surprising ideas.

"Will anyone believe this statement? Using sewing as an excuse..."

Pei Xiang bent the corners of his lips, and silently told Lilia:

"I have inquired with their envoys that His Majesty the Emperor of Bora is very fond of exquisite clothing. He attaches great importance to dressing up, changes new clothes every day, stays in the dressing room longer than anywhere else, and loves to people show off.

"Lilia, this is not a special secret, so our reason will not be suspicious. After you announce your decision, many people will take it for granted that the future empress wants to use an exquisite and beautiful wedding dress to obtain King Burley's favor."

After reading Pei Xiang's explanation, the little princess who was once innocent and kind and never lied just hesitated for a moment, then nodded and agreed to Pei Xiang's plan.After all, she even nodded and agreed to such a thing as sneaking away to get married, so it's not bad for such a little lie.

Finally, when the day of departure of the fleet came, "Princess Lilia" silently and tenderly watched the brothers who were about to go on a long journey.After waving goodbye, she gently wiped the faint tears from the corners of her eyes, and then returned to the palace with a face full of reluctance, and continued to sew her exquisite wedding dress.

On the second day, the team to Burleigh also set off.

"Lilia" sat in a large and comfortable carriage, surrounded by gorgeous silk and bright gold and silver threads.Obviously, such an arrangement is to facilitate Her Royal Highness to sew the gown during the long journey.

But after the car door was closed, Her Royal Highness, who promised to put her pious love into the sewing, didn't touch the expensive clothing materials at all. She just stretched out her fingers lazily, and mobilized the magic to direct the sewing materials to work by herself. .

"Well, next time I won't stay up all night doing magic experiments like this again, my eyes are sore and astringent, and I almost have dark circles." Pei Xiang yawned a little with his eyes closed.

Esfar ignored this repeated complaint a hundred and one times, and just said in a low voice:

"The magic level of this automatic tailoring is very low, and your magic power is not enough, so the clothes you sew will not be very beautiful."

Pei Xiang said indifferently: "Could someone come over to personally check the progress of the princess's work?"

"This is actually a very good way to exercise the fine manipulation of magic power," Esfar commented objectively, "If you can use magic power to manipulate needles and threads to embroider lifelike and exquisite patterns, after a period of time, your control over the original magic power will be improved." and utilization efficiency will improve.”

Of course Pei Xiang knew this. In her skill memory, she had done similar exercises when she was practicing internal strength and sword intent.She just didn't expect that Mr. Dagger would associate this kind of training with embroidery and sewing, which is rather invincible in the East.

"Invincible in the East?" Asfar caught the name of this foreign human from Pei Xiang's consciousness, and was a little curious.

Therefore, Pei Xiang, who was relaxing with his eyes closed, told Esfar a story of oriental martial arts.

"Just cutting off a part of the body changes the character and mind... This is the fragility of human males. They neither have the ability to regenerate their bodies, nor can they learn to accept it calmly."

Pei Xiang: "...Well, your evaluation is unfair. Even the males of the sea clan who can continuously regenerate their bodies care about that part."

Esfar was noncommittal, his emotions were always stable and deep, and he really felt that it was a common disability.

Pei Xiang paused for breath, this was the first time she realized so clearly that Born Dagger was indeed a very powerful and peculiar existence.